#their parallels make me insane

[ivypond11]

do you ever think about how shadowheart and lae'zel are two sides of the same coin.

both being indoctrinated for all their lives, being lied to for the "greater good" being used for someone else's purpose. following blindly what they were raised to believe in, expecting for their goddess and their queen to be compensated for their years and years of suffering for them and their endless work, all in their name.

and then, suddenly, they find they have been lied to and manipulated for years. shadowheart was so ready to keep going blindly until aylin tells her about the wolf, and you see the seed of doubt begin to settle in her. she feels something is wrong, and she throws everything she's ever been made to believe in down the drain, and surely this is not the first time she's felt like something wasn't right. and she is so ready to take back what was taken from her. it takes more time for lae'zel, she is. less ready to accept that everything she has ever believed is a lie. but shw gets there, and she is more calm after she accepts it and let's the lies go, and all she wants is the truth to be revealed and justice for her people.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

#Which one is now married again?

[lena-thinks-too-much]

can we talk about how Tim meets himself as gun batman who's entire philosophy is that sometimes you have to take extreme measures and the only way to stop crime is to kill. And then literally a few months later Jason shows up and the red hood operates on the exact same philosophy but in a more morally ambiguous way (re: not being a facist dictator tyrant)

[kenneth-black]

Which could mean nothing… 🤷🏻‍♂️🙃

[aenslem]

You and me. Like old times?

[pasteilian]

Holy shit, talking about brains and brawn again cuz just rewatched the movie and can we talk about The parallels between them both sacrificing themselves to save their younger brother????

This is older twin Donnie propaganda btw

[lambmotifz]

going a bit insane thinking about how jared said “sam doesn’t use his brawn and size to save the day but he wants to restrain that power” and how there’s so many canon examples. how sam usually tries to be smaller and less intimidating because he doesn’t want to scare people who are not monsters and especially how he makes himself smaller when dean manhandles him or hugs him. sam has spent his whole life feeling like a freak and his very body makes him stand out. it’s almost like he doesn’t want to be in his body. his body only reaches it’s full potential when there’s someone else in it: the way possessed sam uses his body is the complete opposite of unpossessed sam’s body language. the way meg!sam uses his body strength to his advantage. the way lucifer!sam straightens. but sam wants to be in a smaller, softer, less intimidating body. he doesn’t want to catch people’s eyes. he wants to be small and unassuming and above all safe

[torsamors]

Patrick and Pete throughout the years

"I remember looking at Pete and Patrick and telling Pete, “You're the luckiest guy in the world because you found this guy." Patrick laughed. Then I turned to Patrick and said the same thing to him. They fit together so perfectly. Pete listens to electronic music and pop. He DJs. Patrick likes old soul and classic R&B. The fact that Patrick found this guy with this vision; Pete had everything for the band laid out in his mind. And the fact that Pete found a guy who can sing like that and take his lyrics and work with them - which is an art unto itself. It's really the combination of those two that really creates the sound and the songs. They're just really lucky they found each other."

- Bob McLynn

[warpedpuppeteer]

It's interesting how Buck's love interests are all written in a way that ends because of the reason they meet/happen in the first place and then of course, we have Eddie.

Abby, who changes Buck's view of a healthy relationship but then turns around and ghosts him, making him wait for months on end and letting him realize she's not coming back on his own.

Ali, who meets Buck during a dangerous situation in his line of work and then leaves him for how dangerous his work is.

Taylor, who lashes out at Buck for using her as a fake date and saying she thought she could trust Buck to be a friend who then ends up using him for her career and chose to put his friends in danger.

Natalia, who's there to help him embrace and deal with his temporary death but it leads to their break up because of the constant talk surrounding death when Buck's not comfortable with it.

We can't confirm for Tommy till it ends but it's important to note how he offers to get Buck into his interests like flying and muay thai yet doesn't show effort with Buck's interests like dressing up according to the bachelor party theme despite Buck being stressed about it. And we also have the fact that the entire reason they got together was due to Buck's jealousy for Eddie which he then claims to be was for Tommy. Makes me think they are either going to end because of differing interests OR because of the jealousy issue popping up again.

Funnily enough, every scene above has an Eddie parallel:

Eddie co-parents with Buck and not only does this not stop after a dangerous event but Eddie also has Buck down as a legal guardian (healthy relationship - Abby).

Eddie is in the same dangerous line of work and they have each other's backs. This happens right off the bat too.(dangerous job - Ali).

The Lawsuit era and The Dispatch era - both where they "betray" each other but manage to work through it (betrayal/lie - Taylor).

Eddie doesn't pressure Buck to talk about his temporary death until Buck's ready and is more focused about him living than in his death (death doula - Natalia).

Eddie who has different interests than Buck (poker, basketball and UFC/MMA) but also manages to show interest and actively takes part in whatever Buck comes up with; he suggests their outfit for the themed party AND ends up staying there for Buck even when others leave (different hobbies & showing interest/taking part - Tommy).

Absolutely fascinating when you start noticing that Buck's relationships keep failing for one reason or another and then we have him and Eddie who face the same sort of situations but they still come out of it stronger together.

It's clear that there's a reason Buck is able to overcome anything when it comes to Eddie (that conversation with Maddie about being there for each other even at their worst 👀) and we've already established that everything Eddie looks for in a partner is already something he has found in Buck. So really, all that's left is for them to realize that hey, the one I'm looking for is right in front of me! 🤷🏽

And yes, it's been said to death (hah) but you don't find it son you make it. And Buck and Eddie have already made it.

[gaffney]

THE KARATE KID (1984) / COBRA KAI (2018-2025)

[spicyvampire]

MANNER OF DEATH (2020) EP. 7 4MINUTES (2024) EP. 4

[characteroulette]

I am literally so ill about how Apollo and Klavier are so perfectly foils and yet the same to one another

Their first trials ended in disaster!! They won but it didn't feel like it!! Phoenix using forged evidence to end things broke their trust in their work!!! They both vowed then and there to dig out the truth of their cases above all else!!

They had close ties to a murderer!! They both feel complicated love and hate for someone who was proven to be a petty murderer and nothing more!! They look in the mirror and see how their reflection is not entirely their own, how they took those habits and gestures learned from a murderer and still hold them in themselves!!

They're simple on the outside, complex on the inside!! To the point that they're so often misinterpreted!! Apollo is brash and anxious and desperate for connection, Klavier is a perfectionist and bold and desperate for connection!! They're the same and opposites!! They're each others' other half!!!!!

Gosh they make me so insane. They were made for one another and both summarily swept out the door. Aaaaugh

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

#You Wear Fine Things Well

[aftgsucks]

Aftg is so jam packed with parallels and mirrors and matching details its actually insane, its like that wrote “so chekov just left all these guns lying around,” because well and truly what do you mean erik was nickys host brother? What do you mean character with a hard life goes to a new place unsure and it seems like a good place and there is a technical brother figure who either confirms or ruins it and sends the character to south Carolina after having a huge impact on the trajectory of their lives and complicates their relationship with Luthor Hemmick. What do you mean erik and drake are tilted mirrors. Are characters who match in such broad ways before veering off prolifically, erik into a saint Nicky’s knight in shinning armor who shows up at christmas and the championship game and supports nicky from afar throughout the whole trilogy and drake is the true monster lurking behind andrews trauma who shows up at not-thanksgiving and haunts andrew throughout the whole trilogy, what do you mean andrew and nicky stand as foils to each other, nicky out and proud and loud and affectionate and andrew quiet and sturdy and brutal. What do you mean nicky defaults to humor and smiles as a mask for any sort of discomfort and pain and andrew spends the first two books choking on artificial cheer.

[glyphotech]

canon percico moments that always stand out to me

- percy accepting the prophecy specifically so nico wouldn’t have to bear the burden of it

- percy making nico promise to lead the others to the doors of death before falling into tartarus

- PERCY REMEMBERING THAT HE KNOWS NICO AFTER LOSING HIS MEMORY

- percy keeping the hades statue so he could finally give it to nico

- nico defying his own father, the god of the underworld, because he didn’t want percy to get hurt

- nico still having a crush on percy even after he blamed him for bianca’s death

- favonius calling percy “the one nico cares for the most”

- nico formulating the plan to dip percy in the river styx so he could live through his encounter with luke/kronos

- both of them using the doors of orpheus entrance to the underworld

[literallyjusttoa]

"Sunny!" you cry, "Why did you draw the entire Trojan royal family from oldest to youngest in two days? That seems wildly unhealthy!"

"hurghhhhhhhh" I reply.

Anyways here's the full family portrait

(Only four of these people survive the Trojan war btw :D)